Whiteside officials eye concealed carry

MORRISON Last year, Whiteside County was one of only a handful of Illinois counties that failed to approve a resolution in support of the Second Amendment.

The resolution never made it out of a County Board committee.

Now, some residents want the board to approve a resolution that specifically urges the state to pass a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons.

The boards Executive Committee plans to take up that issue at its Nov. 13 meeting. That same panel bottled up the Second Amendment resolution in 2011.

At its meeting next week, the committee will decide whether to refer the issue to the whole board for a vote.

Local gun-rights supporters have collected 548 signatures backing the new resolution. And they say they didnt have to work that hard to get to that number.

Illinois is the only state that doesnt allow concealed weapons.

County Board member Gene Jacoby, D-Rock Falls, backs the resolution.

Ive been a hunter all my life, he said. I was raised around weapons and raised to respect them. Its everyones right to defend themselves.

Member Bob Van De Velde, D-Sterling, said he, too, is a lifelong hunter, but he opposes the resolution.

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Whiteside officials eye concealed carry